1. NAISAK Award and International Award
Be Ambitious!

2. The NAISAK Award is an adventure.
It is available from year 7 to 10.
You can do NAISAK Award programmes at three levels:
Bronze (Year 7+)
Silver (Year 8+)
Gold (Year 9+)
…which will lead to a NAISAK Award.

3. You achieve an Award by completing a personal programme of activities in four sections:
Volunteering: undertaking service to individuals or the community.
Physical: improving in an area of sport, dance or fitness activities.
Skills: developing practical and social skills and personal interests.
Expedition: planning, training for and completion of an adventurous journey in Qatar or abroad.

4. Bronze (Year 7+) Service Skills Physical Rec Adventure 3 months
6 hours PE

5. Silver (Year 8+) Service Skills Physical Rec Adventure 6 months
12 hours PE

6. Gold (Year 9+) Service Skills Physical Rec Adventure 6 months 9 months
21 hours PE

7. International Award The International Award is an adventure.
It is available from age 14 + from September 2017.
You can do International Award programs at three levels:
Bronze (Age 14+)
Silver (Age 15+)
Gold (Age 16+)
…which will lead to an International Award.

8. Bronze Award (14+ years old)
Volunteering
Physical
Skills
Expedition
3 months
Plan, train for and complete a 2 day, 1 night expedition

9. Silver Award (15+ years old)
Volunteering
Physical
Skills
Expedition
6 months
Plan, train for and complete a 3 day, 2 night expedition
Direct entrants must undertake a further 6 months in the Volunteering or the longer of the Physical or Skills sections.

10. Gold Award (16+ years old)
Volunteering
Physical
Skills
Expedition
Residential
12 months
Plan, train for and complete a 4 day, 3 night expedition
Undertake a shared activity in a residential setting away from home for 5 days and 4 nights
Direct entrants must undertake a further 6 months in either the Volunteering or the longer of the Physical or Skills section.

11. Choosing activities
There is a massive choice of activities that count towards NAISAK Award and IA programmes. You can select practically any activity you want – as long as it is legal and morally acceptable.
Activities are placed in specific sections for a reason.
You need to choose activities you are going to enjoy.
Activities could be something that you are already doing or perhaps one you have always wanted to try.

12. Think about what you want to do for each section, and check with your Award Leader that your choices can be counted. Award Leaders: Ms Harvey and Mr Newnham

13. Volunteering
Aim
To inspire young people to make a difference within their communities or to an individual’s life and develop compassion by giving service to others.

14. Benefits
Learn about their community and feel a sense of belonging and purpose.
Learn to take responsibility for their communities and their own actions.
Build new relationships.
Further understand their own strengths and weaknesses.
Develop teamwork and leaderships skills.
Trust others and be trusted.
Enjoy new adventures.

15. What is required?
Volunteering is simple. It is about choosing to give time to something useful, without getting paid.
Team volunteering can be beneficial to you and to the project you choose.
At least 3/4 of the activity needs to be practical volunteering, so only a 1/4 can be training.
Training courses, therefore, must either:
Be a part of your practical volunteering e.g. learning how to administer first aid and volunteering at events. OR
Count towards the Skills section – e.g. Life skills category.

16. Volunteering categories
Helping people
Community action and raising awareness
Coaching, teaching and leadership
Working with the environment or animals
Helping a charity or community organisation
Explain why we have chosen these activities – flexible enough that all volunteering activities should fit in. Old categories were very prescriptive. Make it clear that some activities will fit into more than one category, this doesn’t matter and will often depend on the aim of the young person.
This is outlined on pages 41 – 42 on the DofE Handbook.
Give example on page 42 of Handbook about how First Aid training could be 3 months as a Bronze Skill for one person or training for 3 months and 9 months practical volunteering with St John Ambulance as a Gold Volunteering activity for another.
You could use any example here:
A Bronze DofE group attends a police course once a week to learn about the criminal justice system. As part of the course, the group are asked to design a project to raise awareness about personal safety in their community. A Gold DofE programme participant supervises the group and the police officer is the Assessor. The group deliver a number of assemblies to their peers as well as at the local primary school on how to stay safe.

17. Physical
Aim
To inspire young people to achieve greater physical fitness and a healthy lifestyle through participation and improvement in physical activity.

18. Benefits Enjoy keeping fit. Improve fitness. Discover new abilities.
Raise self-esteem.
Extend personal goals.
Set and respond to a challenge.
Experience a sense of achievement.

19. What is a physical activity?
In short, anything that requires a
sustained level of physical energy
and involves doing an activity.
You are free to do this section
independently or as part of a team.

20. Physical categories Team sports Individual sports Water sports
Racquet sports
Dance
Fitness
Extreme sports
Martial arts

21. Skills
Aim
To inspire young people to develop practical and social skills and personal interests.

22. Benefits Develop a new talent. Improve self-esteem and confidence.
Develop practical and social skills.
Develop better organisational and time management skills.
Sharpen research skills.
Learn how to set and rise to a challenge.

23. Something old or something new
Ultimately you must be able to prove that
you have broadened your understanding
and increased your expertise in the chosen skill.
Activities can be undertaken on
either an individual or group basis.

24. Skills categories Creative arts Performance arts
Science and technology
Care of animals
Music
Life skills
Learning and collecting
Media and communication
Natural world
Games and sports

25. Expedition
Aim
To inspire young people to develop initiative and a sense of adventure and discovery, by planning, training for and completing an adventurous journey as part of a team.

26. Benefits
Gain an appreciation of and respect for the outdoor environment.
Learn the value of sharing responsibility for success.
Learn the importance of attention to detail and organisational ability.
Develop and demonstrate enterprise and imagination.
Become more self-reliant.
Become more able to overcome challenges.
Recognise the needs and strengths of others.
Improve decision-making skills and the ability to accept consequences.
Gain skills to reflect on personal performance.
Learn to manage risk.
Learn through experience.

27. The expedition process
Preparation
Training
Practice expedition
Qualifying expedition, debrief and presentation
Assessment

28. Expedition examples This can be far flung or close to home:
Exploring team dynamics on foot in the Cairngorms.
Using cycle paths in Germany to compare to local examples.
Following a disused railway track by wheelchair.
Utilising canoe trails in Canada on a wilderness trip.
Exploring bridle paths in the Brecon Beacons.
Hiking in Bir Zikreet.
Sailing to the UAE.
Outdoor adventures in Dubai.

29. Next steps: Complete a registration form and return it to us ASAP.
Find activities for each section and run them by your Award Leaders.
Start activities and start getting signed off for the hours you are doing.
Build evidence for your folder.
Complete the award section.
Receive the award!